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Midwest Products & Engineering (MPE), a design and manufacturing partner to healthcare and technology OEMs, has secured a majority equity investment from Chicago-based Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company (BPOC), a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“MPE is proud to be a premier partner to many of the nation’s largest medical device and technology OEMs,” says Hank Kohl, President & CEO of MPE-INC, who will continue to lead the Company. “BPOC’s experience in contract manufacturing and the broader healthcare industry is well aligned with our business
HSBC Global Asset Management has appointed Jorge Huitron as Senior Product Specialist for private markets in the firm’s Alternatives Team.
Huitron will be responsible for the developing HSBC Global Asset Management’s private markets offering and expanding the platform to a larger institutional investor base across Europe and Asia.
Huitron joins from AON Hewitt where he was Senior Consultant advising on private equity investment across public and corporate pension plans.
Steven Ward, Global Head of Alternative Products, HSBC Global Asset Management, says: “Jorge is a hugely experienced private equity specialist and we’re very pleased to have him on board.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has appointed Michelle Kirschner as a partner in the firm’s London office. Kirschner, formerly a partner with Macfarlanes, will continue to focus on financial services regulation at Gibson Dunn.
“We are pleased to welcome Michelle to the firm,” says Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “The growth of our transactional practices continues to be a strategic priority for us. Michelle’s regulatory focus will complement our transactional practices in London and further strengthen our capital markets, private equity, public M&A and finance practices.”
“Michelle is an excellent addition to the firm,” says Jeffrey
Impact investing is becoming of increased importance to investors and fund managers alike, as they seek out investment opportunities in companies that are committed to making the world a better place. From clean technology and sustainable energy to healthcare innovation, electric vehicle advances and decarbonisation projects, there is a huge potential for VC and PE investors.
On this podcast, Elias Korosis, Partner at Hermes GPE where he oversees the firm’s innovation-led growth investment programme and serves as the portfolio manager of the Hermes GPE Environmental Innovation Fund, looks at the origins of impact investing. How the present day spectrum of
The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has provided Lincolnshire-based, Jepco, with a GBP900,000 funding package, which will enable the horticulture firm to acquire the hydroponic technology and equipment needed to expand production all year round.
The finance package will also create 14 new jobs in the region. This is the second MEIF loan made to the Jepco Group.
Two distinct opportunities have arisen for Jepco. The first is to help protect crop growers in the UK, affected by Fusarium, a soil fungi that destroys crops. The second is the introduction of
City law firm McCarthy Denning has appointed a new Partner, Dr Werner Meier, who will be working across three of the firm’s core sector practices: Restructuring, Banking and Finance, and Corporate.
Meier is one of the leading European finance and restructuring lawyers with a multinational practice, having previously worked out of the Frankfurt, New York and London offices of major international law firms. Werner will take on the mantle of Co-Head of Finance & Restructuring at McCarthy Denning.
With 28 years of experience, Meier has developed a notable specialism in German and European debt and corporate restructuring work. He
Despite political and economic uncertainty created by Brexit, the UK has improved its already attractive risk-return profile for private equity investors, according to the latest annual Global Private Equity Performance Series from eFront.
UK LBO performance figures remained at a similar level in 2018 to that seen the previous year, with an IRR of 15.87 per cent and TVPI (total value to paid-in) of 1.64x.
The more recent vintages of 2009-2015 have seen exceptional performance, with a 19.11 per cent of IRR and TVPI of 1.66x, putting the UK second globally, behind only the Nordics.
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ACTIAM Institutional Microfinance Fund III has been renamed as the ACTIAM Financial Inclusion Fund and will look to build on the successful track record gained by the asset manager over the years in the field of microfinance.
The ACTIAM Financial Inclusion Fund’s aim is to achieve positive social impact by extending private loans to financial institutions in emerging countries and thus to help micro-enterprises and MSMEs (micro and SME companies) to gain access to financing in such countries. New professional investors can join a portfolio which is already fully invested and which has a successful track record. The fund actively
The swathe of transparency disclosures required by new and upcoming regulation has been putting pressure on private equity firms. However, PE managers can work with pragmatic and knowledgeable law firms to understand exactly how the rules apply to their particular situation and consider whether there is a basis for limiting disclosure about their business and their investors.
Andrew Knight (pictured), Managing Partner, Harneys Luxembourg explains: “There’s an ever increasing degree of transparency being demanded and there are all the regulatory processes and associated cost that go with that. We’ve been closely involved with the common reporting standard and Fatca disclosure
By Andrew Frost (pictured), Lawson Conner, & Justin Partington, IQ-EQ – Enhanced due diligence, including Know Your Customer (KYC), when completing complex acquisitions of businesses or assets is not only a basic expectation under current Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, but also makes commercial sense for all parties involved.
Minimising your exposure to financial risk through KYC
Performing KYC checks when completing acquisitions is crucial both from a regulatory standpoint, to avoid sanctions, fines or reputational damage and from a risk standpoint to avoid financial losses. Recent high-profile cases, such as the merger between JP Morgan Chase and Washington Mutual where subsequent regulatory issues came
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